Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday praised a decision by the state’s 15th Court of Appeals to temporarily block San Antonio from using taxpayer money to fund travel for out-of-state abortions.
“Under absolutely no circumstances should any Texas city be funding out-of-state abortion travel, and I will continue to work tirelessly to end this cruel, unlawful, and morally bankrupt program,” Paxton, who is challenging Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the state’s GOP primary next year, said in a statement, the Washington Examiner reports.
“Forcing Texas taxpayers to subsidize abortion tourism is a profound insult to our state’s pro-life values and our laws protecting the unborn,” he added. “As we fight to shut down this program permanently, I’m grateful that the court has moved to stop the implementation of this illegal, radical policy.”
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